Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 September 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1870, Evening
14 Jun 1870, Evening
15 Jun 1870, Evening
16 Jun 1870, Evening
17 Jun 1870, Evening
18 Jun 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Edwin Kelly;  Fayette Welch
2)
Bruised and cured
3)
Mischievous nigger, The
Text Author: White
4)
Last sensation, The
5)
"My spirit star"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Edwin Kelly
6)
Mysterious hogshead
7)
"Charming Henrietta"
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 June 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 13 June 1870, 2.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 June 1870, 94.

“…Edwin Kelly continued to sing the new ballad, ‘My Spirit Star,’ with good effect…”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 July 1870, 102.